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Zoë Carlon

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Zoë Carlon : Holding still
Printmaker in Focus

Studio 2

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Zoë Carlon : Dal yn llonydd
Gwneuthurwr Printiau mewn Ffocws

Stiwdio 2

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4 July – 20 September 2026

Zoë Carlon is known for her oil on aluminium paintings depicting episodic scenes of transitory spaces. Motivated by her interest in the division of our attention and the rare conditions that permit total solitude, her paintings invite us to engage with the contemplative nature of private observation.

This exhibition brings together prints, drawings and paintings for the first time. Focusing on the garden outside her studio, Zoë made studies through photography and drawing, developing these initial observations into a series of oil monotype and collagraph prints and paintings.

Zoë is inspired by the American painter Lois Dodd, who, over decades, has devoted herself to an exploration of the natural environment in and around her homes in New York and Maine, finding a quiet tension between stillness and change. With this perspective, Zoë has approached the garden as a space of perpetual encounter; where colour, light, geometry and form converge, enabling the transformational process of observation to reveal new ways of seeing the familiar.

Zoë Carlon was born in Wakefield, West Yorkshire and now lives and works in Leeds. She studied at the University of Leeds (2013–17) and the Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts in Budapest (2015–16). She has presented solo exhibitions with South Parade, London (2024, 2022) and shown in numerous group exhibitions including 12.26 Gallery, Dallas TX USA (2026) Hales Gallery, London (2025), Guest Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, USA (2024) and Super Super Markt, Berlin, DE (2023). Her work is in permanent collections, including the Government Art Collection, London, the FUAM Collection at the University of Leeds, the Royal Drawing School Collection at Dumfries House, Scotland and X Museum in Beijing, China.

Curated by Ann Jones

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4 Gorffennaf – 20 Medi 2026

Mae Zoë Carlon yn adnabyddus am ei phaentiadau olew ar alwminiwm sy'n darlunio golygfeydd episodig o fannau dros dro. Wedi'i hysgogi gan ei diddordeb yn y rhaniad o'n sylw a'r amodau prin sy'n caniatáu unigedd llwyr, mae ei phaentiadau'n ein gwahodd i ymgysylltu â natur fyfyriol arsylwi preifat.

Mae'r arddangosfa hon yn dwyn ynghyd brintiau, lluniadau a phaentiadau am y tro cyntaf. Gan ganolbwyntio ar yr ardd y tu allan i'w stiwdio, gwnaeth Zoë astudiaethau trwy ffotograffiaeth a lluniadu, gan ddatblygu'r arsylwadau cychwynnol hyn yn gyfres o brintiau a phaentiadau monoteip a cholagraff olew.

Mae Zoë wedi'i hysbrydoli gan yr arlunydd Americanaidd Lois Dodd, sydd, dros ddegawdau, wedi ymroi i archwilio'r amgylchedd naturiol yn ac o amgylch ei chartrefi yn Efrog Newydd a Maine, gan ddod o hyd i densiwn tawel rhwng llonyddwch a newid. Gyda'r persbectif hwn, mae Zoë wedi mynd at yr ardd fel gofod o gyfarfyddiad parhaus; lle mae lliw, golau, geometreg a ffurf yn cydgyfarfod, gan alluogi'r broses drawsnewidiol o arsylwi i ddatgelu ffyrdd newydd o weld y cyfarwydd.

Ganwyd Zoë Carlon yn Wakefield, Gorllewin Swydd Efrog ac mae bellach yn byw ac yn gweithio yn Leeds. Astudiodd ym Mhrifysgol Leeds (2013–17) ac Academi Celfyddydau Cain Hwngari yn Budapest (2015–16). Mae hi wedi cyflwyno arddangosfeydd unigol gyda South Parade, Llundain (2024, 2022) ac wedi dangos mewn nifer o arddangosfeydd grŵp gan gynnwys Oriel 12.26, Dallas TX UDA (2026) Oriel Hales, Llundain (2025), Oriel Guest, Brooklyn, NY, UDA (2024) a Super Super Markt, Berlin, DE (2023). Mae ei gwaith mewn casgliadau parhaol, gan gynnwys Casgliad Celf y Llywodraeth, Llundain, Casgliad FUAM ym Mhrifysgol Leeds, Casgliad yr Ysgol Lluniadu Frenhinol yn Nhŷ Dumfries, yr Alban ac Amgueddfa X yn Beijing, Tsieina.

Curadwyd gan Ann Jones

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